The Skidrow Installer crashes at the very end of install, just after the diretx install. The game launches with the THQ and the other logo, and then i have darkness. I have new drivers for the graphics card and dirctx also. Running win 7 ult.
Help ...

The installed game is only 10gb, the rest must be other languages.
Anyway, who the fuck made this port? My monitor doesn't support whatever resolution/refresh the default is at (video mode not supported) (and it's a rather normal monitor). And there's no ini or config file where I can change it outside the game, like other (normal) games do.

I'll just write some solutions to problems I've encountered while installing this torrent:

1. THE INSTALLER ASKS FOR DISC 2:

Just copy and paste all of the content of the DVD-2-Folder (except for the SKIDROW-Folder) to the DVD-1-Folder.

2. THE INSTALLER LOOPS THE C++ AND DIRECT-X-INSTALLERS:

I just exited the installer of Skidrow (by pressing the red X in the top right) and copied the content of the SKIDROW-folder (located in the DVD-2-folder) to my installing location of Darksiders.
In this case: Computer>C:>Program Files>Darksiders.
I replaced the files and merged the media stuff. After that I could start the game normally (the loop disappeared after restart).

i still dont have cinematics, ive reinstalled multiple times, and it crashes at points where im asuming there shud be a cinematic, also my install directory is only about 10g, i wud imagine that it wud be at least 14 as the download is 13.76

can someone PLZ HELP, i got the game but no cutscenes and it seems kinda cool and i would like too see em, idk why it wont play them, it just skips or crashes. i havent seen this problem on anyone elses posts so idk why its only me

Game is running but NO video. The crack needs work I think. Running Windows 7, 32bit with more than enough on my graphics card. Tried renaming the amd video folder , running as admin, and recopying the crack. No fun! Waiting for a crack now.

I got a problem with the resolution (pre setted) of the game. The video resolution of the game is set to something my graphic card can`t handle. So i got a black screen and the message "input not supported"
In the nfo is written that if you got this problem you have to delete a folder in c/name/dokuments n settings/app data/ i dont know now, BUT i searched there and there is no folder to delete.
I have had that prob before and normaly you can find a cfg. file or something to change the start resolution of the game but not in this case.
If anyone knows where the file is to change the start video resolution, please answer me, i cant get the game to start without changing that.
I am sure that more people got that prob, so if anyone can help me out that would be great.
Sorry for my bad english, so long
Pat...
to nooralmadi008
I can`t find an abd folder or file , where did you changes the resolutions?

To Ivan4ik
I cant change the resolution IN GAME because i cant see no nothing. The input is not suported by my graphic card so i cant see, i cant change nothing if i cant see anything to change or click or whatever so i have to change it out game, before i start the game, edit a cfg. file normaly, but I cant find any cfg. or ini. file.

I need help to start, so if anyone find out where to chaneg rthe resolution settings before game starts please tell me

To Ivan4ik,
i have to change the settings before the game starts because i cant see nothing, no advanced settings. I only got sound and black screen. i need to edit a ini. or cfg. file outside the game....

I had to put both cd files in one folder to get the installer to work because it couldn't find cd 2. also I kept the original cut scene files or media instead of adding the cracked ones and no problems at all.
running windows 7 64 bit.

To Lozzer 22,
It has nothing to do with the Monitor resolution its only the pre setted resolution of the game. I have this often in new games, they set them a start res my graphic card cant handle. there must be an ini. or cfg. file or maybe temp file where the resolution is set and where you can edit it, but...i cant find it.

i think the missing cutscenes are dll related, can someone post the names of all the dll files in their directory, i have wmidx.dll, wmasf.dll, steam_api.dll, and DarksidersGFW.dll, if anyone has other plz let me know here

ive tried almost everything, i cant think of any other solution to getttin the cinematics, i had to download 2 .dlls to get the menu intro, i still have no AMD THQ or VIGIL intro (I cud care less about those) or the cutscenes (DO WANT!)

This Does work!! I tried to install on my quadcore desktop with 1 year old good videocard and no luck.. Just a black screen with music running.
Now ...
On my new alienware laptop i7 processor and newest videocard it runs flawlessly.
So... conclusion , I will be playing this on the laptop in high res.
For ppl who got the black screen.. Its because your videocard isnt going to cut it anymore. No video resolution support.

Help me! i downloaded the game and mounted the first disk, if i autorun or run "installer.exe" even as administrator, a popup says "Installer.exe has stopped working." I tried running Setup.exe but all it installs is directX, microsoft cc and the darksiders comics and soundtrack. How do i the installer.exe to work?

To Warlockwizard,
No thats not because the graphic card are too old, its because the game start resolution is set to a range , some cards can t handle. It must be some unusual resolution like ...i dont know, 70? x 50?.

You can solve this Problem with a little trick "globe" told me. Look out for Globes release of "Dead rising 2" and read my and globes postings.

You have to dl a little Aplication that forces the Executable to start the game in a windowed mode, ill Post the link in my next Posting, first I have to go look for it.
That will help all the People with Music but no Graphics.

This game is buggy people and I don't think it's the actual skidrow release. I got no problems related to saving files or cutscenes. But I cannot play using my gamepad because the game instantly freezees when I run it. So if you guys have your gamepad connected I would suggest you to unplug it and play using the keyboard, which is annoying at the beginning but once you get used to it it's not that hard. Another problem I experienced was related to freezes during gameplay in the first "levels". Now I already passed the first Boss and Dungeon (using the keyboard YESSS) and I have got freezes no more. I have Windows 7 and the framerate is never higher than 60 or lower than 20 so I have nothng to complain about. Otherwise the game is really fun and you would be amazed about how much it resembles ZELDA. I could actually feel it while I was playing :) Oh by the way I'm seeding for a week. That's what everyone should do (it's not that hard lazy bitches) as it took me more than 2 days to get the whole game. Hope for a patch or fix solving this issues soon

i can't get it to work. i have xp and i have done everything i can think of and read from forums and still everytime i try to open darksiders comes black screen and "Darksiders window is not responding" and it is really pissing me of since i've been trying to fix this for 9 hours now..

This game is buggy people and I don't think it's the actual skidrow release. I got no problems related to saving files or cutscenes. But I cannot play using my gamepad because the game instantly freezees when I run it. So if you guys have your gamepad connected I would suggest you to unplug it and play using the keyboard, which is annoying at the beginning but once you get used to it it's not that hard. Another problem I experienced was related to freezes during gameplay in the first "levels"...

@Gloogloos ok I posted that link before I tried it, cause I had the same problem. IT WORKS. I actually already had WMP 11 on XP, and even though it IS the latest version I didn't have the cutscenes. I downloaded the same WMP 11 installer again and installed it. Problem solved.

Even though my system is more than capable (Cored 2 Duo 2.3 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 8800 GTS, Win 7) the game runs kinda choppy with messed up audio. Plus, my GPU starts to heat up like crazy. Anyone else having these problems?

So I figured out that it's an audio issue.. Because when I decreased the sample rate and bit depth, it got a BIT better.. but the sound still lags a bit (especially during cut-scenes). Anyone know how to fix this?

i maybe have solution for resolution problems....go to installation folder...c/d/etc/darksiders/ and find darksidersPC icon..left click on it...go tocompaltibility and click on run in 640x480....works for me...the chage resolution in game option to urs liking:)

all right so i've done everything.. fixed installer, renamed/removed logo videos, updated game, downloaded new codecs, updated windows, updated drivers, got wmp 11, tried in 640x480 and still when i open the game it just freezes to black screen and says "Darksiders window is not responding" skidrow really let me down this time.

When I run the game I see all the opening movies and such, but the start menu isn't visible. I can start a new game by listening to menu clicks, but the health bars and the pause menu are all missing. Anyone find a fix for this?

I got the game to run, but at the main menu i can not see any options. i just randomly press buttons until i got into the game. then my guy was looking up in the air, i could not look down. any fixes for this? please help

running smooth no problem clean scan w/ eset nod 32 fully update i have only 1 problem the throwing of an object is not acurate example ill throw a bomb and presing Q for aim the object didn't fallow to corsair,,, how can i fix this ill try evrything in option key setting,,, can you please help me??

Hi got it to install just fine and am able to play but it is crashing at a particular point in the game. It crashes in the Cathedral when the 2nd blue door closes (the blue doors are the ones where you have to get the keys). I cannot get past this part. I've tried it about 10 times now and it just keeps crashing. I reinstalled the game 2 times now with the same result. Followed instructions to a t. System is Windows 7 64 bit, Nvidia 9600 GT, 4 GB, Pentium dual core 5300. All drivers have been updated for Nvidia. Wondering if anyone else is getting these crashing problems and how to fix it.

oh men im stock in the black throne chapter,,,
becouse of the aiming problem,,, hey guys please help me,,,, i cant break the red crystal in black throne chapter, i cant redirect the beam,,,, coz the red crystal nid to break 1st,,, my problem is i canot throw the bomb directly to the crystal when i trying to atemp to throw it is always gowing in the middle even i pres the aim and pointing in the crystal the bomb gows to midle i try and try but no luck,,, please help me,,,

Thanks for uploading this great game! Works superb on my Win7 x64 setup. That said, i cant load my saved games after a reboot. Is probably because the game cant link my "profile" (although i dont have one for playing darksiders) to my saved games. I can find the saved games under my documents though. Do any of you know how i can resolve this?

Anyone figure out the game crashing problem? It appears to crash at different places for people (including myself) and we can't get past it. It crashes every time in the same place. Its a great game and would love to play it out.

-Cause by issue between STEAM and game where the game ends up looking for saved games in the wrong location. With the crack that's used, your saved games folder has to be ...\Documents\My Games\Darksiders\ (for Vista / Windows7, I don't know what it is for XP, etc.)
-Case 1 (easy fix) - STEAM was not active during 1st game launch. STEAM is active in the background and you're running the game. Turn STEAMclient off -> run game -> it should load games properly. If still doesn't work, try recopying cracked content from iso to the game folder.
-Case 2 - STEAM was active during 1st game launch. The game then set itself to the STEAM settings for saved games which directly conflicts with cracked content settings . If you're lucky, simply recopying cracked folder from iso to game directory will fix it. But most likely, after uninstalling you'll have to manually search + purge residual game-related files in hidden folders before you attempt a re-install. Easiest way to do get around this: Load a System Restore point before game was initially installed. Otherwise - file search on entire C:\ hard-drive - search darksiders*.* then delete *folders* of the search results.
(Yeah major pain in the ass, I know. It's due to STEAM using anti-piracy settings that are saved in remote locations that usually set as hidden).

1 - Download + install the K-Lite Codec pack with default codec settings - http://www.free-codecs.com/download/k_lite_codec_pack.htm
Use Codec Tweak Tool to detect and fix broken filters. This is the codec pack I use and I haven't encountered any game crashes at all (I haven't beaten the game quite yet, but I know I'm close to end).
2 - (VISTA users only) - Download + Install Vista Services Optimizer http://www.snapfiles.com/get/vsoptimizer.html
After install use the "Automatic Tuneup" feature to optimize windows for max performance. Restoring Window's default service configuration will work too - but has lots unneeded services that eat up too much virtual memory and thus slows system performance.

Saved games should be in .../Documents/My Games/Darksiders/ (specific attn to intermediate "My Games" folder)
It's weird that you can't save only after a reboot.
Perhaps you have STEAM set to auto-load at startup and upon loading it either deletes existing saves or sets a new saved games folder?
I bet you can find the answer doing a search for files with extension *.dsav

word304
Thanks for replying.
I found out that the game registers me as a new player each time i have booted my computer. So it creates a new folder on startup with a new "username". If i try to move my saves to this newly created folder, it says they are corrupt. I've tried using steam and windows Live but neither has any effect.

HI to everyone...ive read many users complainig about the game errors etc... ive chekd every feature of the gaem with windows 7 and its working great...thanks extremezone and skidrow...for those who have experienced trouble i wana share a tip... Crack folder is persent in the DVD2 of the game by the name of "SKIDROW"..
it sontains executables as well as a folder named "Media"..make sure you copy al of the contents of the folder and paste it in your installation folder...replace the previous folder if asked..

i was playing it normally, no problems with saves and etc. after a few days i decided to open steam and it said there was a problem and i should reinstall steam. looking for an anwser some guys said to move/delete one file from steam folders, i did it, steam updated and ok

but after that when i opened darksiders again i found that all my saves were at the directory but wasnt showing in the game. i used system restauration to some time before deleting the steam files and it worked, the saves were showing at the game but steam problem returned

i installed and reinstalled the game several times.. please help! i followed all instructions >mount>install using SKIDROW's installer [used the fixed and original version] copied crack from SKIDROW's directory

@word304- Thanks for the suggestion on the crashes. Unfortunately it didn't work. I have K-lite and ran the tweek tool. It did find some missing codecs but after the fix the game still crashed at the same place. I'll try to enable some windows services I shut down to save resources. Maybe that is it. In the meantime if anyone has any suggestions please let me know!

@ word304
I use the XBOX 360 controller. I have downloaded the globeplus rip as Skidrow's size was too huge. In the globe plus rip it was written that using any controller would create problems. I tried to emulate the mouse and keyboard with my controller using xpadder. But in the game it still showed direct Xbox 360 controls.
So the emulator you had provided, is it an emulator or a fix?? And can you tell is the problem with the controllers a problem with the game itself or not? An if you can can you tell if the fix will work with globeplus rip or not.
And thanks a lot for your time....

@remedy2
Try reinstalling the game (delete the entire old installation, else it wont work) and dont copy any cracked content other than the DarksidersPC.exe
then run the game, of cus rmb to rename the AMD movie.
I had the same error as u and i did this and it worked so far without the cracked content at all.
if u encounter new problems in the future then u may wanna try copying the crack stuff over.

PEOPLE:
This torrent is fine. The SkidRow installer chrashed with me too after some c++ thing or something, can't remember. Anyways... The game still worked like a charm. No problems or freezes or "blackouts", only had a saving problem just now, but that has probaly something to do with a virus attack later this day...
The people that got problems are either retards with no sence of knowledge about cracks and similliar stuff, or has a bad video card, that most of the people here had.
PS: When the installer ask for CD2, I just mounted CD2 with Deamon Tools, nothing else and it worked fine....

@skeelz...is that the best u can do...tell me to get a better attitude and call me a dumb fuck. This is going to be good. Listen to me asshole, I happen to be a grad student at Columbia U. here in NYC. Do you really want to know my major...I'll tell u just for fun, Particle Physics. so, before u think about calling ME a dumb fuck asshole, think about how pathetic and how meaning-less your little life is to mine because I actually contribute to humanity and your just a waste of space. Just because i cant afford to buy this game just yet, (Because i am a student with no job) does not mean i can't scold people into seeding something there getting for nothing.

Apparently some of us has this bug that darksiders create a new "user" each time we reboot or turns off the computer. After a reboot the savegames are left corrupt or the game cant find them because they are in a folder with a "wrong" username. (Moving them to a new "user" folder only makes them corrupt.) So, instead of turning off your computer when your done using it, go into Hibernate mode. That way your computer and the game remembers your "id".

I'm assuming the size difference is due to SKIDROW's rip including all possible content for the game while the globeplus rip chose to remove content which wasn't absolutely necessary.

I can tell you that any game only interacts with the .ini and .dll file created by the emulator .exe file AND that no other game files or settings are changed when the game interacts with those 2 files.

In conclusion > since I don't know which content the globeplus rip included, I have no idea if the emulator will work with it or not BUT trying it out won't mess anything up. If it doesn't work, you simply fix it by deleting the .ini and .dll files in the game directory and you're back to the same exact point before you tried it out.

P.S. A game version that shows the xbox controls doesn't mean that version can detect a controller. (i.e. 'showing' controls doesn't necessarily imply 'able to detect' a controller)

@cacafuega
What kind of dumb fuck grad student thinks that sitting around posting on TPB in pidgin English is contributing to humanity? What a brain-dead moron! No surprise he was also begging for seeds - any idiot knows that's an exercise in futility.

Thanks for the reply. You see the controller works in the globeplus rip and i have tried it for 5 mins. Don't want to risk anything. But I will play it with the controller after I complete the game once and see if there is any problem or not...

People, good news. I figured out a solution to working around the arena bug in the Ashlands. My solution is when your fighting in the arena, before you start your match against the big red guy on the horse, is to have full chaos. This worked for me as I had the same problem as the others. If this works for you, please respond and say so. Lots of people are having this issue and there aren't any solutions, apart from my suggestion. Hope it works for you guys. Good luck.

It works perfectly so far, i am up to Samuel first heart.
1.You have to take out everything from skidrows folder and go to your start up menu go to computer
2.double click local disk
3. go to programs X86
4. Find the darksides folder
5. copy and paste the things from skidrow content folder and replace what every it ask and it should work